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On this past Sunday, November 6th, the Wind Ensemble performed their fall concert featuring the debut of a piece of music by Asha Srinivasan and many well-established pieces by Percy Grainger. The concert lasted about an hour and a half to two hours long and everything went off without a hitch... as far as the audience knows at least.
Finally performing in a concert after hours and hours of practice and hard work is one of the most satisfying events I participate in. This recent concert was my first college Wind Ensemble concert and it was a very fun and to be honest, didn't feel that much different than any other concert I have ever participated. The only real difference between this concert and any other concert that I have performed in was the amount of pieces we played. In high school we never played more than 4 pieces per band because the concerts were always split evenly between multiple bands.
Another way this concert was special was that the composer of one of the pieces we performed was actually at the concert listening to us co-debut her piece. She even came up on stage and talked to us and the audience about the influences and complicated aspects of the piece. Our head band director Dr. Worman conducted on most of the pieces, but on one piece we had a guest conductor named Dr. R. Mark Rogers who actually edited and transcribed the piece he conducted. All in all, having people who were so involved with the music we were playing at our concert actually attend was a very unique and rewarding experience, and it is one of the greatest things about being in a college wind ensemble.
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